In a lengthy post on X, formerly Twitter, the US ambassador to Belgium strongly criticises Belgian health minister Frank Vandenbroucke (Flemish socialist Vooruit). He calls on Belgium to stop what he terms the ‘ridiculous and anti-Semitic persecution of three Jewish circumcisers in Antwerp’. ‘They are only doing what they have been trained to do for thousands of years,’ says Ambassador Bill White.
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US Ambassador: 'Stop anti-Semitic persecution of Jewish circumcisers’
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He addresses who he calls ‘the very impolite Belgian health minister Frank Vandenbroucke' personally. He believes that the minister must make it legally possible for Jewish circumcisers to do their work. ‘Belgium is a civilised country. Stop this unacceptable intimidation of the Jewish community in Antwerp and in Belgium,’ he adds.
‘Do something now! The world is watching,’ says the ambassador. ‘America is counting on you to do the right thing! Frank, you must do something now to stop this.’
Next week, White says he will go to Antwerp to meet the three Jewish circumcisers. He thinks that Vandenbroucke and Flemish socialist leader Conner Rousseau should come with him.